One reason for later abortions that I don’t see mentioned, but I would think must be significant, is high school-aged girls who wait too long to reveal their pregnancies to parents. When I was in high school, in the early 1970s, I was close friends with a girl who waited until she was over 20 […]
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Letter to the editor: Wabanaki bill enjoyed bipartisan backing
We shouldn’t forget the legislators of both parties who maintained their support for tribal rights during both votes on the bill.
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Letter to the editor: Climate response must involve pervasive cultural change
It’s undoubtedly hot and getting hotter (“Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it,” July 5). Mainers and Wisconsinites like me will have to get used to running our air conditioners much more. I wish mine used green energy; instead, it’s making heat waves worse. It’s wishful thinking […]
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Letter to the editor: Indebted to Maine first responders for exceptional medical care
I had the great misfortune to have a minor medical emergency while at Portland International Jetport on June 28 before my return flight home to Austin, Texas. I want to extend my greatest thanks to Officers Bowden, Haley and Snadjer, paramedic Dan, and Maine Medical Center ER staff Dr. Andrew Fried and nurse Ben for […]
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Letter to the editor: C-SPAN valuable source of unfiltered information
Anyone who’d like to see and hear unfiltered, often-contentious debate on issues of national importance should tune in to the various committee hearings that are currently (or were recently) underway in the U.S. House of Representatives, and televised by C-SPAN. If you miss a live hearing, you can go to the C-SPAN website, which archives […]
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Letter to the editor: Ashamed of Maine lawmakers’ vote on tribal sovereignty
I find it absolutely appalling that members of the Maine House of “Representatives” reneged, for whatever reason, on their support for the recognition of Maine’s Indigenous peoples. What exactly they sold their votes for may never be known. One thing is known: It is another black mark in the state’s apparent plans to keep treating […]
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Letter to the editor: Bloomberg wrong to preach constancy on Ukraine war
I would like to offer a counter to the recent Bloomberg Opinion puff piece on the war in Ukraine (“Another View: Here’s how to deal with a wounded Putin,” July 5). This slow-motion train wreck of a conflict epitomizes so many of the challenges we face in building a better world. First, it was initiated […]
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Letter to the editor: Seeking more specifics on Maine tribal sovereignty denial
It’s not clear what has to happen, at the state or federal levels, for the Wabanaki to have their rights.
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Letter to the editor: Appalled by laughable Republican presidential candidates
As a faculty brat at Carleton College, I listened to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower make a campaign speech. He was eminently qualified to lead the country, having led the Allies to victory in Europe in World War II – a war in which my father, a ninth-generation Yankee WASP, was killed flying night recon missions […]
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Letter to the editor: Inaction on gun control is unconscionable
Like many Mainers, I grew up learning to hunt and shoot. Lessons on how to handle guns safely and responsibly, including instructions offered by the National Rifle Association, were central to my learning how to hunt and shoot. When people talk of gun safety laws today, hunting, shooting and general gun ownership are seldom, if […]